Kissimmee Man Sues Ex-commissioner

KISSIMMEE — A Kissimmee man is suing former city commissioner Bill McMullan, charging that McMullan failed to repay part of a $50,000 short-term loan for more than three years.

McMullan has paid a total of $36,250 in principal and interest to Gerard J. Cushing in the 37 months since he signed the original six-month promissory note.

But McMullan still owes Cushing more than $26,700 from the original loan, according to the suit filed in Osceola County circuit court by Cushing's attorney.

Cushing also claims in the lawsuit to have withstood three promissory note extensions, several late payments and one bounced check from McMullan during the 37 months.

McMullan did not return phone calls to his office Wednesday.

The suit also charges that McMullan failed to abide by a strict schedule set up in a contract he agreed to in November that would have repaid the $26,700 by the end of the year.

McMullan has made two payments, for $5,000 each, since the October agreement, Cushing said Wednesday. But the former commissioner defaulted on a third payment, for $10,000, that was due Dec. 5, and a fourth payment of $5,000 that was due Wednesday, Cushing said.